In-Your-Face Politics : The Consequences of Uncivil Media / Diana C. Mutz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mutz, Diana C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects.

Mass media--Political aspects--United States.

Mass media.

Television in politics--United States.

Television in politics.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Americans are disgusted with watching politicians screaming and yelling at one another on television. But does all the noise really make a difference? Drawing on numerous studies, Diana Mutz provides the first comprehensive look at the consequences of in-your-face politics. Her book contradicts the conventional wisdom by documenting both the benefits and the drawbacks of in-your-face media."In-your-face" politics refers to both the level of incivility and the up-close and personal way that we experience political conflict on television. Just as actual physical closeness intensifies people's emotional reactions to others, the appearance of closeness on a video screen has similar effects. We tend to keep our distance from those with whom we disagree. Modern media, however, puts those we dislike in our faces in a way that intensifies our negative reactions. Mutz finds that incivility is particularly detrimental to facilitating respect for oppositional political viewpoints and to citizens' levels of trust in politicians and the political process. On the positive side, incivility and close-up camera perspectives contribute to making politics more physiologically arousing and entertaining to viewers. This encourages more attention to political programs, stimulates recall of the content, and encourages people to relay content to others.In the end, In-Your-Face Politics demonstrates why political incivility is not easily dismissed as a disservice to democracy-it may even be a necessity in an age with so much competition for citizens' attention.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. What Is "In-Your- Face" Politics?

Part I. What Difference Does It Make? The Effects of In-Your- Face Political Television

Chapter 2. The Consequences of In-Your- Face Politics for Arousal and Memory

Chapter 3. Effects on Public Perceptions of the Legitimacy of the Opposition

Chapter 4. The Costs of In-Your- Face Politics for Political Trust

Part II. When Does In-Your- Face Politics Matter?

Chapter 5. Real-World Contexts

Chapter 6. Who Watches This Stuff Anyway? The Audience for In-Your- Face Politics

Part III. Historical Implications for Political Television

Chapter 7. Does the Medium Matter?

Chapter 8. How Politics on Television Has Changed

Chapter 9. Making Politics Palatable: Political Television in an Era of Choice

Appendix A. Summary of Experimental Designs

Appendix B. Summary of Experimental Dependent Variables

Appendix C. National Survey Questions for Orientation toward Conflict Communication Scales

Appendix D. Coding Form for Political Television Programs

Appendix E. Coding Instructions for Televised Conflicts

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691173535

0691173532

9781400865871

1400865875

OCLC:

904404394